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Show have no reason to fear their idle threats. I do appreciate your time and I hope that any prospective buyer at the Saddle Sad-dle Condominiums will investigate the situation for themselves prior to making any decisions. Sincerely: Captain Gerald C. Salvo homeowners and volumes of correspondence to back up this fact. 'Also at this time, Jim McPartland, who was working for American Savings at the time, was hired by the 'homeowners as resident property manager. On July 28, 1983 Mr. Dave Svikhart, an American Savings employee, wrote a letter to all homeowners and attempted attempt-ed to paint a beautiful picture of the situation at the Saddle. He told the homeowners that problems with the cable T.V., landscaping, window screens and outer decks would be resolved by August 7, 1983. A copy of the letter is enclosed. To date the cable T.V. remains a problem, the landscaping land-scaping and the sprinkling system remain inadequate and defective and no screens have been supplied to the homeowners. The outer decks have been sealed. However, the work was improperly done, according to the contractor con-tractor who performed the work. Mr. Svikhart also believed he covered all of the "major projects" in his letter. I contend that the landscaping, the missing decks, the defective fire alarm systems, the exterior building appearance, ap-pearance, the crumbling retaining walls, the defective gutters and other concrete and cement work are certainly cer-tainly the major projects. The importance impor-tance of the project is being measured by the cost the homeowners will have to incur should American Savings fail to perform the necessary work. After a legal mistake by American Savings became apparent, only then were the homeowners able to discontinue discon-tinue their association and turn the entire en-tire mess back over to American Savings. It is only since that time that American Savings has begun to address ad-dress any one of the items mentioned by McParland in his letter and they have yet to complete any single item properly. I was very surprised by the editor's notes following McPartland's letter since I had offered to supply you with proof and correspondence regarding all that he had stated two weeks prior to the printing of his letter. I also spoke with your office several times and supplied the names and phone numbers num-bers of several individuals involved, including American Savings officials. I also invited you to visit the project for a first hand inspection. You never reviewed any of the material that I have, nor have you even visited the " projject. You simply spoke with an ' American Savings representative and took their word without any investigation in-vestigation of the problems at all. Since you feel that you are justified in writing the statements you did, without investigating the facts, I have decided to enclose a few pieces of correspondence for your review and hope that you will be a bit more open minded regarding these matters. It is difficult enough for a few homeowners to fight an organization the size of American Savings and for your newspaper not to investigate the facts and to refer to these serious matters as "haggling" certainly makes it more difficult for the "little man" to stand up for his rights! The enclosed correspondence certainly cer-tainly makes it evident that American Savings has not acted on the items listed by Mcpartland in his letter. As a matter of fact one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. In his letter dated September 16, (enclosed) Mr. Greg Farley, senior Counsel for American Savings, refused any responsibility respon-sibility on the part of American Savings regarding the provision of insurance, in-surance, yet at the same time you have been assured that the project has always been insured. On October 14, Mr. Farley sent a letter to Mr. Brian Barnard (enclosed) stating that American Savings was using their homeowner association dues to obtain the necessary insurance for the project, indicating a lapsed policy. While working for American Savings Mr. McPartland escorted insurance agents around the project and they too informed him that the policy had lapsed. lap-sed. Mr. Svikhart,, in his letter, promises to send insurance information infor-mation to the homeowners while at the same time Mr. Bob Ford, also an American Savings employee, has out and out refused to allow me access to this information. It is also interesting to note that Mr. Farley, in his September 16 letter, states in general that the items listed are the responsibility of the homeowners, while at the same time the officers of American Savings are assuring you that all items are being addressed. By now the apparent problems of MISCOMMUNICATION on the part of American Savings should be clear, and I haven't even touched on half of the problems at the Saddle, realizing that your space is limited. I would like to state that while neither McPartland nor I have received any notification of any pending pen-ding law suit, I would welcome the opportunity op-portunity to present all of my facts and get the entire situation out in the open. I have never written nor spoken anything but the truth about my dealings with American Savings so I Salvo fires back Dear Sir: The editor's notes that followed Jim McParland's letter, which appeared in the Dec. 1, 1983 issue of your newspaper, certainly sounded as though it were written by an American Savings officer. The statements and the assurances that I read sounded vaguely familiar. It was as if I was hearing them from the lips of any one of the officers I have dealt with over the past year and a half. I have grown accustomed to those worthless assurances. However, you have drawn some conclusions and made some inferences in-ferences that certainly need to be addressed. ad-dressed. You presented the situation at the Saddle Condominiums as a personal fight between myself and American Savings. I am certainly aware that homeowner associations are usually formed when a majority of units are sold at a project. Someone should advise ad-vise American Savings of this fact. In an apparent effort to cut their own costs and lessen their responsibilities they formed an association of the Saddle Sad-dle homeowners in June with only seven of sixteen units sold. At that time I was elected president of the association by all in attendance including in-cluding the bank officers. Any actions taken by me subsequent to that time were with the approval of the majority of the elected board, . and as a - homeowner representative. All home- owners were kept completely informed ' of any problems and action on my part. I have notarized proxy votes from the |